Posted by yxibow on June 10, 2006, at 1:17:52
In reply to Can an annoying side effect that you had once...., posted by honeybee on June 9, 2006, at 16:16:04
> Say you went on one drug, then you went off of it. Then you tried to go back on it and you had a weird and freaky side effect that you didn't have on it last time around? Then you went off it because of that side effect.
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> If the first trial was successful, but the second was not, would you give it another go?
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> Of course, I'm asking because my pdoc (who I don't have much faith in), has suggested that's the conservative thing to do. Now, the side effect was tachycardia, and I have a high resting pulse as it is (lately, it's in the range of 80-84; goodness knows why, maybe low blood volume?). Anyway, I'm squeamish about going back on even though I'm also desperate to. In retrospect, I sort of loved my years on this drug; naive, ignoramus that I was back then, so unknowing of the potential risks and so blase about the side effects.
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> Ahhhh. Youth.
You do mention a wistfulness for youth -- I ask this because 84 is not tachycardia -- I have a normal resting rate of around 80. Your heart rate may recede with age to some extent, thats why I ask.Tachycardia only enters when your BPM exceeds 100, and that is simple, or sinus tachycardia. Your heart is fine, but it is beating more rapidly.
Serious tachycardia is Ventrical Tachycardia, which is in the range of 150+ and is a life threatening condition.
If you're around 80, you're doing quite fine, but if it makes you feel uncomfortable, a very small dose of atenolol would probably quash it. Additionally, 30-60 minutes of walking or jogging a day would help to lower it as well.
- tidings
Jay
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